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Molecular Biotechnology – UGent
@mobi-ugent.bsky.social
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The research unit Molecular Biotechnology at the Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering brings together different teams active in the area of biotechnology of eukaryotic cells.
https://www.ugent.be/bw/biotechnology/en/research-units/mobi
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🌿 Plant Immunity in Focus - Join us on Dec 9, 2025 at Coupure, Ghent @fbwugent.bsky.social

🕒 15:00 Melissa Mageroy (NIBIO)
🕒 15:45 @jurriaanton.bsky.social (Sheffield U)
🎓 Followed by PhD defense of Jasper Matthys at 17:00.

#PlantScience #Epigenetics #PlantImmunity #UGent #DoctoralSchool
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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New manuscript by Yaseen Ahmad and colleagues from Tina Kyndt lab in #PlantStress journal describes the upcycling of agricultural byproducts into bioprotectant compounds. doi.org/10.1016/j.st... #nematology #research #articlealert @fbwugent.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Freshly out of the lab! Excited to share the results of a great collaboration between the Laurens Pauwels lab @laurenspauwels.bsky.social and the lab of @hildenelissen.bsky.social We developed and validated more efficient CRISPR layouts using a split-cross Cas9/gRNA system in maize !!!
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🌱 Our latest: in Plant Biotech J we study transgenerational #CRISPR editing in #maize🌽 using a split Cas9/gRNA system, highlighting importance of event quality & choice of promoters. 👏 Christian Lorenzo, Dirk Inzé and Hilde Nelissen @fbwugent.bsky.social @psb-vib.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/pbi....
October 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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🎉 Great news from MoBi!
Gerard Serrat Mayayo will start as an FWO SB doctoral fellow in Prof. @laurenspauwels.bsky.social EDIT group, and Dylan Cool obtained a Baekeland mandate with Prof. Tina Kyndt (EPIC), Prof. Kris Audenaert & BASF
Congrats — we look forward to 4 exciting years! 👏
October 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Fantastic PhD defense of Dr. Henry Mwaka on🧬 RNAi-based protection of East African Highland #banana 🍌 against nematodes 🪱 and weevils 🐛! Nice example of plant biotechnology and a great collaboration between @fbwugent.bsky.social and NARO in Uganda.
May 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Last week, Mobi explored how to use AI to transform our research and education 🤖. Great hands-on sessions by Evelyne De Caluwé and AnneMarie Leuridan that went far beyond ChatGPT 🚀✨ #PromptEngineering #VibeCoding #AITrends
May 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Big news for #Agrobacterium2025 in Leuven, Belgium.
Thanks to our amazing #sponsors, we’re able to offer travel awards for grad students + poster prizes! 🏆✈️
📢 New abstract deadline: May 10
👉 www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2025
#SciComm #PhDLife #Microbiology #PlantScience
April 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Excited to announce Prof. Patrick Shih @innovativegenomics.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025 on 15-16/9 in Leuven, Belgium

Recent publication Shih lab: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Abstract deadline: May 1!
www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2025
March 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Just arrived in Songdo, Korea! Excited to be teaching 🌱Plant Biotechnology at Ghent University Global Campus for the next few weeks. 🎓 #GUGC @mobi-ugent.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social #plantscience
March 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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#Agrobacterium 2025. The 45th American Crown Gall meeting and the 5th European Agrobacterium conference: registration and abstract submission is now open! #deadline May 1, 2025. Thanks to our sponsors we will select some students for travel grants.

www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2025
March 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🌱✨New article by Karen De Kock and EPIC group on fennel byproduct extracts as novel bioprotectants is now published in the journal Plant Stress! @FbwUGent

Read the article here 👉 lnkd.in/eW2Gg-Zn

Thanks to @FWOVlaanderen
February 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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March IPBO Online Café Series! ☕🌱 @laurenspauwels.bsky.social from @fbwugent.bsky.social and Prof. Runo, Kenyatta University will discuss Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and gene editing to manage witchweed in crops.

📅 Friday, March 7th, 2025
⏰ 3:30 PM (EAT)
🖱️ Register: lnkd.in/gEMSBa3f
February 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Vacancy @AgroBioTech in Gembloux! Full-time academic position in #plantgenetics to study plant genetic resources for supporting the agroecological transition #vacancy #plantresearch www.gembloux.uliege.be/upload/docs/...
February 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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🌱 New publication by GLYCO group: "The Future of Plant Lectinology: Advanced Technologies and Computational Tools" in BBA Advances! 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...

@fbwugent.bsky.social

#lectins #plantresearch #glycobiology 🍬
January 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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MoBi article alert! 🚨#plantresearch 🌱

Decoding Plant–Pathogen Interactions: A Comprehensive Exploration of #Effector–Plant Transcription Factor Dynamics

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dx.doi.org/10.1111/mpp.... in @MPPjournal
January 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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The Glyco team collaborated with @viblifesciences.bsky.social IRC to unravel the structure of Nictaba, a stress-inducible lectin from tobacco 🌿, uncovering how it binds GlcNAc-containing carbohydrates!🧬 academic.oup.com/glycob/artic...
#PlantScience #StructuralBiology #Lectin #Glycobiology
December 18, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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💪 PhD life at MoBi
Tip-Filling Party at EDIT (@laurenspauwels.bsky.social) and EPIC labs earlier this week! 🎉🧪 What’s better than tackling this chore together with music and good vibes? 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 #LabLife #TeamSpirit #ScienceFun
December 5, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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🎉 On Monday was the public defence of Eva Degroote from the EPIC lab @TinaKyndt. "Novel protective agents against nematodes and their application in the field." Congratulations! 👏🎓
December 4, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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MoBi 🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨 by EPIC lab. ARGONAUTE4 and the DNA demethylase REPRESSOR OF SILENCING 1C 🔬 mediate dehydroascorbate-induced intergenerational #nematode resistance in rice 🌾 Now in @plantphys.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/plph...
December 3, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Sunny December morning in the EPIC/EDIT lab at the Proeftuinstraat 🥰 ❄️ ☀️
#research #PhDlife #plantscience
December 2, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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The final MoBi group we introduce is #NanoBioTechnology that focuses on synthesis & characterization of innovative #nanobiomaterials, providing solutions to various biological & technological challenges. We also explore cell characterization, transfection & vaccination methods.
November 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Next MoBi lab is the lab of Biochemistry & #Glycobiology (GLYCO) that uses a multidisciplinary approach (biochemistry, molecular biotechnology, cell biology, glycobiology, #RNAi) to study plant growth and increase stress tolerance of plants in changing environmental conditions. #plantscience
November 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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The next MoBi group is the Lab for Epigenetics & Defence (EPIC) that investigates the plant immune system from a molecular and biochemical point of view. We try to understand which #epigenetic mechanisms control plant immunity against root-knot #nematodes. #plantscience
November 29, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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#CRISPR is revolutionizing plant breeding. However, plant transformation remains an obstacle. The 1st MoBi group we introduce is Plant Transformation & Gene Editing @laurenspauwels.bsky.social studying the processes behind #Agrobacterium mediated transformation & plant regeneration. #plantscience
November 29, 2024 at 3:39 PM